Rejected petition Require political campaign communications to be fact checked before publication

In order to allow the general populace to make informed decisions in democratic political campaigns, all political campaign communications such as posters, leaflets, other advertising, should be subject to independent peer review and fact checking prior to publication to prevent misinformation

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Also, any advertising released that is independently deemed to be incorrect should be retracted with the same visibility as the original advertising.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133425

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Date submitted 24 June 2016
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